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New Orleans Book Festival
March 12 @ 8:00 am - March 15 @ 5:00 pm
The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University brings the world’s leading authors to the university’s uptown campus for a multi-day celebration for book lovers of all ages.
The fifth annual New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University will take place March 12-15, 2026, on Tulane’s uptown campus. The festival is free and open to the public. Submissions for application to the 2026 festival will open in June 2025 and close on September 15, 2025.
The festival kicks off with an exciting opening session on the evening of Thursday, March 12, followed by two full days of programming on Friday, March 13 and Saturday, March 14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. New in 2026, Family Day at the Fest will move to Sunday, March 15 at 10 a.m.